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  • Management of Auckland’s border and COVID-19

    … for vaccinated arrivals to Auckland could therefore be dropped for most, without increasing the risk for Aucklanders. It would also be consistent to require tight control measures (vaccination, … If you’re at the supermarket in Auckland, would you be at more risk of being infected with the pandemic virus …
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  • How to Systematically Reduce the Border Failure Risk for COVID-19 in Aotearoa/NZ

    … to NZ passport holders. The simplest action legally might be to prohibit, where possible, any flights that originated … reduce the influx of infected individuals to NZ. It could be applied to countries with poorly controlled pandemics and … already using pre-travel testing approach could be rapidly evaluated (eg, it is used for travel into Cyprus, …
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  • Why eliminating Covid-19 is critical: Since more waves of infection, hospitalisations and deaths are inevitable for other countries until a vaccine arrives

    … spread (this is called herd immunity and is estimated to be at least half of any population for Covid-19); or (iii) … of achieving herd immunity. Given a vaccine might still be a long way off, NZ’s elimination strategy (if successful) … moving target, so multiple population surveys would be required. An alternative way to estimate the total number …
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  • Why we need an Aotearoa Centre for Disease Control (CDC)

    … Summary Future pandemics could be far worse than Covid-19. An Aotearoa Centre for Disease … infectious disease challenges. A key responsibility would be building integrated surveillance systems, coordinated … skilled and trained workforce. This organisation would be more effective, and make better use of resources, if it …
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  • Should smokefree indoor areas = vapefree areas?

    … that would allow nicotine-containing e-cigarettes to be sold legally in NZ. This consultation raises questions … wider uptake of e-cigarette use (known as “vaping”) will be managed. In this blog, we consider arguments about the indoor public settings where vaping should be allowed or prohibited. We conclude that there seems an …
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  • Sustained Resilience: the impact of nuclear war on New Zealand and how to mitigate catastrophe

    … Efforts to prevent nuclear war should be greatly intensified – but we must also consider what … eternal space”  (Byron ‘Darkness’) Byron penned what could be a striking vision of nuclear winter 129 years before the … (Xia et al., 2021), New Zealanders should, in principle, be able to be fed. However, orderly production and …
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  • Calculating cardiovascular risk with online calculators – scope for improvement?

    … In this blog we consider if such risk calculators could be improved upon. The clear answer being “yes” – and in many … exist (e.g., see these reviews (3,4)) and these can be used by citizens and in discussion with their GPs to make more informed decisions about how this risk can be reduced. They should not be regarded as providing highly …
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  • The case for a NZ-Australia Pandemic Cooperation Agreement

    … An agreement with Australia on pandemic cooperation could be the starting point of such a regional approach. Potential … preparedness and response. Once established, it would be important to investigate an extension of this agreement to … to 36.3). 1 Future pandemics are likely 2 and may even be at the catastrophic level if bioengineered pathogens are …
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  • Getting the Marketing Mix Right: A Commentary on NZ’s Forthcoming Vaping Regulations

    … provisions before exploring how the regulations, still to be made available for consultation, could further strengthen … sets out an important framework, though many details will be finalised in Regulations likely to be available for public consultation in late 2020 or early …
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  • A National risks assessment should include pandemics and other global catastrophes

    … this blog we discuss its merits and how the process could be further advanced. In particular there is a need to: (i) … that could enhance national security. These features might be summarised as: Developing trusted leadership and … concerned about for the next decade ’. However, these may be different from the threats most likely to harm NZ …
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